GENERAL SUMMARY.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume VIII, Issue 692, 15 February 1879, Page 3

GENERAL SUMMARY.

.•4*Kjrgjt , bavin jfrit vrtnrj yjjii ma .iiffiti'ivA The distress is fearful r and extends tbrough^bdtfcHhe mumifactujang an 4 agricultural .distHb^ l^ ! U E^I&M Five IW^a-iagricHilli?^ %§& grants toe I ' left! i in* &' s body>for New* Zealand, f.-j !.*.... ■>;-: \ ~uyi.-av-:«;r . ti^a iv.<[, The Corn|s JBanJc., a|;€ifuto^htoi failed, after an existence of'llo year's," The de;p,os,it6 am.ounteaT6^£s,ooo,ooo. There ißAgreat ; finahbi^l^'UDlp;i^ con--sequence. 1 '^e/'Wast: ppmirall Bank ; "belongedL- tp , i^eaie, Vand €o. •••■=•■..- ■--:«:::• >:r ; .i >■.<?■-• Sir William %jis' found r dro^ed-in w a J la^e v 6n"hiß esWeT The Town Council absolutely refused General "|tf|ri|a public reception, and ,Qharg^j|im with CathQlic;6entiments. and other Northern cities 'made sonic elaborate demonstrations in his honor as a con- ! sequent J'"J ,ri V/M T- A I "A " '.: ".V. t 'ci~. European, capitalists, refuse Russia a loan, unless tlxe armies in. Turkey are withdrawn, and ; no itfe'sh'wara lii The artiblqs^of 4 defiiliig^reat^ Kay>" beenligre^' $. WM^'^pJ^^M^ '„ cepted % .TKeiatter^r^ucea ij her indemnity ■> claiikx'"to^,lo6,ooo^oso lOubleS: 1 •>'-'■ Vi-i'tin...-; -.--Jil vwU >ij ,}■,,' .;«V The Great Council in Geneva,' Swit^erlan^Knaa T acc^M ( to-pfihcmle' of separation between . .Church /kttd" formerly Miss Fox, an -^dogte^, daughter of I>W^MVs%iksffi : $p' thoress of several worss r aiea inStyria. aZAJ>tOUH (ItliriJA ' An— attempt-by a- lunatic has been made on the life of ihe JJmperor of Austria. A An hotelkeeper, at.Cbpenhagen f has been arrested for threatening the life of the V&MflShkil & S l ~\JJ The Duke of Cumberland lettf Copenhagen, because^ ( Bru§sia. expressed displeasure at his residence there/ i f A sensational rumour is afloat to the efiect tha^Prussia is negot|a|ing f or the ren#^^ipn by the^^fe^i^his right t<p@:M%%njo-mtif>)'o|| in return fev^K'^^SfelS^l^F 11 ScWeßwig#i^en|niEn i ¥. $ : The revenu%*-o| ); <%eat Britai^sho^^ an increase of £|,80^^^for%lf?£j over the precedingvivear. *^ Pjflj^ A. general organisation of '<a'li^t^e ; trades in England is bei'Ag fdi*mea;f or the purpose of resisting thejibuts of labtiur. \; v / s - s -/ England and ScotlaM-haye'suffered heavy floods. The country around Darlington l is BubmtfrgeU- for :'i msttiy miles. During the last few days ice floated down the Thames, and the steamboat traffic between Cholsea and Woolwich was suspended. ■■, Many, .rivor barges •wore frozen in! ' A rumour has been revived to thfi effect $iat the Duke o| Cpnnapght .will becomej^ice^oy of 1re1aiia. ,,,,.,, V' The Duke o^ Edinburgh is shortly to be appointed an admiral on the North American station, and will repair to Halifax, N.S., with. the Duchess, early in the summer. ..:..< Earl; Beac^risfiold has f ully recovered his health. Tho City of Glasgow Bank liquidation realised but £800,000 as a first instalment call upon the shareholders, instead of tho #2,0Op;O0O 'nominally due. '-••.'t'':'-''^ ---Xt, : ''-'i'... Dean Stanley^a's" so much pleased with his visit to America that ho announces his intention to return*thither at an early date. ' Sir James Fitz-.Tames Stoplicn has been jappojnted Judge of the High Court*, of justiciary in place of SirAnthony Cleasby, resigne^. . • E. M. Ward, K. A., a London artist of considerable reputation, has committed stiioide. „..,. • The. library of tho Birmingham Midland . Institute, consisting 1 of 80,000 volumes, which . included a Shakesperian collection of 8,000, has been totally lost by fire.

A fearful explosion lias occurred at Dmas Colliery, Ehonda Valley, near Ponty Prid, in Wales, on the 1 3th inst.j The roof of a building fell, closing the entrance to the shaft, and •sfiutljing off ventilation. Sixty miners in thje pit perished. Oeighton Bros., of Nowcastle-on-Tyne, merchant^; .Kirk- 1 wood, printers," bf ; -GlWgbwj and Comjbes and Co., merchants, of Lon. don,! have failed — the latter for £80,000. Uolcer and Co., of Glamorganshire, i ironmasters, f havjef alsa failed for £600,000, owing to the British and West England Bank collapse. , . jOii the nth^tiioro was a run on the tendon and County; B,ank, Lombardsireot. It,arosojfrom tlie fact that an idle crow<T assembled.: in fronfrof the building, to listen tp; £ cabmaid'sdis-,. p^te'. This gfiye rise'rto a rejpori} fcBHIi tile BanTt'iyas In danger. %l-^^^..-;- - The Brilisl^l&ig^unice has beeiT; abandonee!} at ;B.ea, ancj the sseh.mjKi}£; Qtieron Icstf.^t W\i%h Jayi{ , .■.v Every IWora.frer' o^ the Nortji |WsJes : Miners' Uniofi,^whb desires • jb.;enii|*rate from Europe to Americavis pror; nfiseii £7, an<T those who go to Australia receive £14. ; ? ;The North Wales State Qaarrie %tm& Union offer the satne'term^ "-]Ef : is believed that 'many will ace'ept, a 6' most smaller quarries remain :olosed;> ', .^lie popi^larjvotethroughouj!) Switzerland haa/xeaulteatin .a large, m^favouriof the. subvention' of/the £Jfc. Gotljard and;oAh?r< AlpißejraiJways.i >./■ rl> - ?Tlie London- StmidAvWs \ corr.espbn- i ident' in Bonw^frites .that the> Jesuits ;h|ve sent the'- <PopQ ; a* kind df-illtMa- ; tuin,i pointing fout the^^Vit^'^ultiri^' 1 from their exclusion from' the' gbvefniJmuent of the Church. The Pope continues firm, and many of his friends f|ear jthe consequences. \ r _*^ f \W4lii unfounded report to the Effect' thatj the Pope had been poisoned, whicii originated in Paris, has $ awa]cened' i paMfitl'ap^rehen r sii!>n i s; : ' I?T " l *Tiie cOnstruotioh of barrack^ -for 150,b00 men on the Constantinople '|meE! of defence has been ordered. '■ ;<j!a despatch from Vienna to London ;Mhtj that the delay in tKo^sigxifttiwe. of ijhe Eusso-Turkish Coiivpfioir^Sue ito a revival of Russian influence ''tis.ticsii-, ; xpbiaiiJd^ftt daims<ppn'sistency :witl: th^^erdietWt.tße^fece^^f^tiop's;' 1 Uni say, all, O&^b'ineT 'i^iiiis'tei*^ nirfsfi be : :rEepuwiea^f ; ,'a^^^^on^/jpu^ ,^epub)ir cans 'Wd «fIB.W This may. dead;.' tbi retirenient ; :qf'>Marshal M"dMahbn,{ and ; Governmental disarrangement, ";'Bpvel, the French Minister of War, t^asj resigned, and General Gresley 4aken his place. ;/ f 2, ! 245 Communists have been*pari doned, and the President intends to pardon all but the ringleaders, who number 400. .:.,.'- --c |Bjsmarck has jnt^o^uced.a Bill^nto ftlte German EeidTistag 'to punish memfor wdfds spolce'ri 'in debate, 1 Handing them over to the Courts ; also' foi 1 opening all letters on frontier, measures 'said to: be ordered by t)ie .^niperor himself. '.„'„'.! AdpUnariPatti, ..prima i jdon;na ; "has >biiDl|ceii her-knee'cap at Berlin. ; Amputiti'oii fe fiaidtabei nece^kryv' ''" . Tine' 1 ' o '.are\,9a^is4'ed wjth'tne I?rencli elections. , ■"'■ . ; !, '■,>■ '■ ■ The Dulto: 6f rGUmberland must • re,%^is^Kiß^i<«ditd^y:clsim'tQ Prussia' befdi^^^s^ubs^erea 1 Property ■ will; ■;beju^,9nd^r|t%j i, „;,,;•;-. t /-im^: Germg-ny wiH-.ePflrxia Samoa! to 'leom-, t ply with its "demands* ; i 3)hfe"ghnboat; Nautil^'^s^eft'ifee^ 0h i e : ißlaiiai, natp.jli.ejl^jnjr t $ t i ss]&,, hm^mm garrotiad vriGjenOTaL£6parto, a! Stianish > statesman, is dead. , . :-' ', ( ' ' •' with a Belgian Princes.^ Pope XeoL_wishes-.to .convene anJEc|umenic^Qpjjaeil?oO- - ; .ij,., r..n ;> A Catholjc 'fbegn organise^l^orjßQ^n^a^nd^erzegoyina. •>_A Grand " National^ "Exhibition is pro^9^,a^,Mosc9w..in4B ( Bj9.^^ .. „■ NiAilism/bire.viVfing in ! Russia. .- A 'eoliisioii'ion ithef Warsa'w^ißailW'ay killed^O 1 1 p|^r^6n3: !^,h|d ; woyi|i^ed nmny moi-^.^^ ; '.The.'Bri,ti6ll I . ; lia^cashir'^^ ha^ been sunk; :#t<Bpji witji ; all adjoard, after colliding i with 1 the Spanish steamer Y-ruraV Bat. - ' ; the Cotton BWdet Commercial Com r ' paiy f V .pf „'Stockliolm, lias sijspeuded payment.,' ■;' '.->■• ■ . . ... WeStonJ ; the pedostrian, started to wajk over, the' high ways 2-000 milds in i.OOOnours, and' deliver "50 lectures. The , !; Middlebpro', ; . Eosetl^le/ ■ and Fejry HilLlfon Company has failed. 'Liabilities, £280^000; ■"> ■■•-•■'' • Germany has joined the . sanitary . forced r with Austria in attempting to stem the^ course of : the j^strackan, plague w'esWardy ' ;'' ,'., ' : "... Bismarelc has written a loiter to the agricultural, community of Germauy, asking thorn to offer him united and : vigorous support in the woi*k of fiscal Ho refers to the new duties ho levied upon imported corn and Cattle, and expresses his opinion that such taxation • has become an unavoidable ifiohookity 1 . IJ C'■ I v. ' - ' . ''■•.' Thd French Adimval 1 ; F^ncliord, is ■ dead.' 1.- -...JC; •.f/'i'^' V"* 1 ' ■" ' Tli c winter .ppsid^neej "of the Egyption Khedive has beon'rifstroyed by fire. The king of Ijollund lias married princess -ISmma of' AValdeck" Pyrmont. Prince Henry,.; -brother- of the king, died on the 13th.. ' /■ ; THE; AFGHAN ,WAX; Jellal'abad was d^c'upied' by troops under General, Brown© on December 13th. / .General Stewart marclied through' Caridahar on tho 1 lth: This occupatioifmarks the conclusion of a definite period of the war. All will have been done that the Quettah column can do before winter. The troops of the Peshawur and Kurwan column have settled down iii quartors whicii, unless unseen events occur, will occupy -the next two months. An imposing durbar was held at

Jellalabad on January Ist by General Sir Samuel Brown. Most of he loyal Khans and influential men of .the. neighbourhood attended, and good feeling was manifested. The health of the troops is good and supplies plentiful. Yakoob Khan lias fled from Oabul, and tho Afghan army was disorganised. - Major feir- John was fired upon, in the street of Oaudahar by a fanatic native, but was n6t wbtinded; ThcJ man. was arrested. v j ,- A {Lieutenant of; the JRp.ynl Artillery was severely wounded, 'and two soldiers were slightly stabbed at Zolat.